ABOUT
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn’t commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her childhood friend, and best man at their wedding. As Roy’s time in prison passes, she is unable to hold on to the love that has been her center. After five years, Roy’s conviction is suddenly overturned, and he returns to Atlanta ready to resume their life together.
This stirring love story is a profoundly insightful look into the hearts and minds of three people who are at once bound and separated by forces beyond their control. An American Marriage is a masterpiece of storytelling, an intimate look deep into the souls of people who must reckon with the past while moving forward—with hope and pain—into the future.
MY THOUGHTS
I do not know how to feel about this book. Roy and Celestial's relationship made me really think. You know no one ever thinks about prisoners, especially those that are found innocent after some years, and how hard it is for them to get back to normal.
After Roy spent five years in prison for a crime that he did not commit, he thought that the marriage bond he had with his wife Celestial was rock solid. Upon his release what he met was just some broken pieces and a lot of loss. While I felt sorry for Roy, I felt it for Celestial.
I can only imagine how a wife feels when her husband is incarcerated, and the questions that swirl around in her head, the uncertainty of whether freedom is ever going to be a possibility. I felt it for her because she didnt know which way to turn. Andre was just in the right place I guess.
This was a good story and really worth the read.
After Roy spent five years in prison for a crime that he did not commit, he thought that the marriage bond he had with his wife Celestial was rock solid. Upon his release what he met was just some broken pieces and a lot of loss. While I felt sorry for Roy, I felt it for Celestial.
I can only imagine how a wife feels when her husband is incarcerated, and the questions that swirl around in her head, the uncertainty of whether freedom is ever going to be a possibility. I felt it for her because she didnt know which way to turn. Andre was just in the right place I guess.
This was a good story and really worth the read.
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